The World's Top Arms Manufacturers -- PICTURES

The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute released on Monday its annual list of the world's top 100 arms-producing companies, ranked by arms sales (excluding Chinese companies) in 2010, the latest year for which they have data.

The same seven American companies among the top 10 below that were in last year's list are in this year's, along with a British, European Union, and Italian company:

No. 10: United Technologies
2010 Sales in U.S. Dollars: $11.4 billion
Country: United States